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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 15, 2021Roosevelt County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2021, 5:13 PM MDT for Roosevelt County, New Mexico. It was in force for 62 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 15, 2021, 5:13 PM MDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2021, 6:15 PM MDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Roosevelt County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 15, 6:10 PM MDT	HAIL 1.75	2 S Portales, NM

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 15, 2:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 190 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 390 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -372 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1465 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

417 
WUUS55 KABQ 152313
SVRABQ
NMC041-160015-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0033.210515T2313Z-210516T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
513 PM MDT Sat May 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  East central Roosevelt County in east central New Mexico...

* Until 615 PM MDT.

* At 513 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Portales, and
  is nearly stationary.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Portales, Dora, Floyd, Arch, Oasis State Park and Rogers. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3395 10339 3430 10356 3431 10331 3430 10304
      3394 10305
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 287DEG 2KT 3417 10328 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Shoemake

1 follow-up statement

095 
WWUS55 KABQ 152345
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
545 PM MDT Sat May 15 2021

NMC041-160015-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-210516T0015Z/
Roosevelt-
545 PM MDT Sat May 15 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT
FOR NORHTEAST ROOSEVELT COUNTY...

At 544 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southwest of
West Camp, or 13 miles southeast of Clovis, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of east
central Roosevelt County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Prepare immediately for large hail and deadly cloud to ground
lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. Stay away from
windows.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3415 10322 3431 10328 3430 10304 3413 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 251DEG 17KT 3424 10310 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Shoemake

The office that day

Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 6:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	24 min
May 14, 6:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves	61 min
May 14, 6:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	26 min
May 14, 8:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lea	25 min
May 15, 12:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	28 min
May 15, 12:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	24 min
May 15, 1:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	42 min
May 15, 2:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Union	47 min
May 15, 3:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	29 min
May 15, 3:08 PM MDT	Dust Storm Advisory	ABQ	Chaves	52 min
May 15, 3:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	45 min
May 15, 3:25 PM MDT	Dust Storm Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval, Valencia	35 min
May 15, 3:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	58 min
May 15, 3:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry	25 min
May 15, 3:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Union	62 min
May 15, 3:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Roosevelt	65 min
May 15, 3:57 PM MDT	Dust Storm Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval	63 min
May 15, 4:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	30 min
May 15, 4:06 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Roosevelt	3 hr
May 15, 4:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	32 min
May 15, 4:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	22 min
May 15, 4:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	47 min
May 15, 4:33 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Roosevelt	3 hr
May 15, 4:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	34 min
May 15, 4:44 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Roosevelt	2 hr
May 15, 4:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Harding, Quay, San Miguel	57 min
May 15, 4:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Roosevelt	47 min
May 15, 5:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	42 min
May 15, 5:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Union	61 min
May 15, 5:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	58 min
May 15, 5:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	34 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.